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Subject: alphitomancy: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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Nov. 29, 2014

alphitomancy \al-FIT-uh-man-see\ noun 1. the use of barley meal as a means of divination. Quotes …for surely it is a glaring contradiction to admit that alphitomancy can really reveal futurity, and yet to call it a mere vain pretence. -- E. Johnson, Letter to the Editor, The Metropolitan Magazine: Volume XIV, September to December, 1835 Origin Alphitomancy comes from the Greek word álphiton meaning "barley." The suffix -mancy comes from the Greek term manteía meaning "divination." Alphitomancy entered English in the mid-1600s.

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